Senior World Records

Mark Farhat pressed 858 pounds for eight reps on a plate-loaded 45-degree leg press at a Planet Fitness in Las Vegas, Nevada, at age 70. The set was filmed from the front corner of the machine in one continuous 25-second take: he lowers the loaded sled with his hands on the seat handles and drives it back to nearly straight legs on every rep. RecordSetter counted the reps from the video; the 858 pounds is his stated total for the plates and sled, consistent with the stacks on camera, and his date of birth was confirmed privately. That is 40 pounds more than his 818-pound set from two weeks earlier.

At 50, Matthew Lawson loaded five 20 kg plates onto each side of a plate-loaded Viking press at a gym in Bathurst, Australia, 200 kilograms in all, and pressed it overhead with both arms. A Viking press is a standing shoulder-press machine worked through lever arms with handles at head height; the video shows him drive both handles from his shoulders to a full lockout and hold it there, then walks the camera along both loaded sleeves so every 20 kg plate is counted on screen. His aim is to show that age does not define what you can lift.

Mike Drouin, a 68-year-old Navy veteran, loaded 410 pounds onto a plate-loaded standing calf machine at Planet Fitness in Elk Grove, California, and knocked out a set of standing toe raises. He announces the weight on camera, shows the stacked plates, and performs the set in one continuous clip. Drouin trains with full spinal hardware and raised his own mark of 350 pounds by 60.

Mike Drouin, a 68-year-old Navy veteran, loaded 410 pounds onto a plate-loaded standing calf machine at Planet Fitness in Elk Grove, California, and knocked out a set of standing toe raises. He announces the weight on camera, shows the stacked plates, and performs the set in one continuous clip. Drouin trains with full spinal hardware and raised his own mark of 350 pounds by 60.

William Neal Quackenbush pressed 1,502 pounds for five repetitions on a 45-degree plate-loaded leg press in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on the day he turned 62. The sled is stacked with plates out to the ends of both pegs, and the set runs in one continuous take, from unracking the sled through the fifth rep and racking it again. A gym staff member totaled the load at 1,502 pounds on camera in a separate clip. Not a bad way to spend a birthday.

Michael Joseph Drouin, a 68-year-old Navy veteran, rowed a 75-pound dumbbell for 10 reps with each arm at a gym in Elk Grove, California. Bracing one knee and one hand on a flat bench, he pulls the dumbbell from below the bench up to his chest, then switches sides, all in one continuous video. Drouin trains with spinal hardware from his neck to his lower back and a replaced hip, and his outlook is simple: we were given one life, so live it regardless of age.

William Neal Quackenbush performed five full-range repetitions on an angled leg press loaded to 1,502 pounds in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the day after turning 62. Full range here is his own standard: bend the knees to roughly 90 degrees on every rep, deep enough to load the legs through the whole movement, but stopping short of the joint angles that tend to wreck older knees and hips. The sled carries plates stacked out to the ends of both pegs, and the set was filmed in a single continuous shot, with a separate clip verifying the loaded weight.

Michael Joseph Drouin of Elk Grove, California completed six lat pulldown repetitions using 430 pounds at age 67. The lift adds a senior disabled-strength category to RecordSetter’s training records, with the submitted video documenting the weight and repetitions. His form is not textbook, but the attempt shows a completed heavy lat pulldown set under the category claim.

58-year-old BMX rider Martin Tuson of Bangor, Northern Ireland, did 148 inverted-grip front hops in a row in the Bangor Elim Church car park on a windy day. With his palms facing up on the bars, he keeps the rear wheel in the air and bounces on the front wheel for close to 50 seconds without stepping off. The run is filmed in one continuous take, and its pace matches the 148-hop count. Not bad for a blustery afternoon.

Mike Drouin curled a combined 300 pounds on a split preacher curl station, 150 pounds per arm, for 8 reps. At 66 years old with full spinal hardware from cervical to lumbar, a brain tumor, and a heart condition, Drouin still walks into the gym and moves weight that would humble people half his age.

Mike Drouin lifted 270 pounds on a seated toe lift machine for 4 reps. A 67-year-old Navy veteran training through full spinal hardware, COPD, a brain tumor, and a heart condition, Drouin keeps showing up and moving weight that defies his medical chart.

Michael Drouin performed seated presses eight times using a total of 320-pound weights. He is 64 years old. Michael is a Navy veteran, former bodybuilder, physically challenged with full spinal hardware and right full hip replacement. He strives to continue to work out regardless of his medical conditions.

Michael Drouin performed toe raise workout six times using a total of 225-pound weights. He is 64 years old. Michael is a Navy veteran, former bodybuilder, physically challenged with full spinal hardware and right full hip replacement. He strives to continue to work out regardless of his medical conditions.

Michael Drouin performed seated presses two times using a total of 375-pound weights. He is 65 years old Michael is a Navy veteran, former bodybuilder, physically challenged with full spinal hardware and right full hip replacement. He strives to continue to work out regardless of his medical conditions.

Bruce K. completed 90 750-pound leg presses in one minute. He is 73 years old.

1,700 senior students from Brien McMahon High School participated in a multi-song lip dub video. It took them four months to plan the feat. They set the record as a remembrance of their high school years.